Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Crows and Jays

All sounf files are now in mp3 format.

Images are adapted from drawings by
Chester A. Reed, B. S. in Chapman.

American CrowCorvus brachyrynchos
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One Crow
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Two Crows
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Enrico Crow-soLong Island, June 1996.
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Rattling soundLong Island, May 1997.
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Another crowLong Island, September 2000.
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Two crows conversing/competing
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Longer conversationLong Island, October 2012.

Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
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One Fish Crow
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Two Fish CrowsLong Island, June 1996.

Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
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CallLong Island, June 1996.
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"Rusty hinge" songLong Island, May 1997.
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"Too-loo"Long Island, May 1999.
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"Mimics the calls of Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks" (Peterson); Red-tailed here.
Long Island, November 2016.

Gray ("Canada") JayPerisoreus candiensis
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Call-1
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Call-2Inlet, September 2014.
"ca-ca-ca and a number of peculiar sounds impossible to
reproduce on paper. (Bendire)" (Chapman)